Father’s Day
On this Father’s Day, instead of being celebrated, Paul, our family’s patriarchal provider, protector, and pedagogue, spent the day taking turns caring for a fussy baby during church, ending mass…
Read moreJune Bullet Post
Here are a few bits and bobs from the last couple of weeks: Paul’s little car got totaled in a hit-and-run. We were able to replace it for a mere…
Read morePlaying and Praying
I may have mentioned before that we’ve been a little busy? So, so much in my world right now goes – and must go – unreported. Trying to remember all…
Read moreJanuary – What a Month!
My month of no posts has been purely pragmatic. So much has happened I have not had time to breathe, let alone process and blog it. I do want to…
Read moreThe SSJ Pre-K Jogathon 2016 – or How Nettie the Noob Learned Her Lesson
This year was our family’s first opportunity to participate in what we have discovered is a Really Big Deal around the Ss. Simon and Jude School – the annual Jogathon…
Read moreA picnic, and a wake-up call
Despite the fact that both Efrain and I were feeling somewhat punky on Saturday with coughing and such, we had a plan, and when you have a plan, you stick…
Read moreNettie and the terrible, awful, no good, very bad day
For days such as these …. Rising yesterday at dawn to get self and darling Geneva out the door to 8am Dentist appointments Scheduling appointments for 2 fillings and 1…
Read moreA little off my game…
Something about this very full week has thrown me off my game. Normally there would have been at least three posts already this week, and some scripture posts as well,…
Read moreRegarding Tuesday
Despite the unanimous vote of my students to continue their “spring break” throughout the Octave of Easter, our Administrator overruled them and set us back to school today. We do have…
Read moreBack Home Again
My glorious vacation and family time in Minnesota was finished off on Monday night with a late dinner at the Blarney Stone Irish Pub with Vicki. It was definitely a place I…
Read moreJovi
Paul and I have been extravagantly blessed with the children God has placed in our lives, both our own as well as all the neighborhood kids who are our God-children. It…
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